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Drive Study Shows Most Failures Occur in Under Three Years
A new report from Secure Data Recovery suggests that a potentially bad hard drive will fail in just under three years. This is most likely to occur with Hitachi and Seagate drives.
WD Injects 22TB HDDs Into My Book External Drive Lineup for Capacities up to 44TB
Digital hoarders and 8K content creators, rejoice!
Silicon Motion Readies 7nm PCIe 5.0 SSD Controller for Q4 2023
The new Silicon Motion roadmap details the company's upcoming mainstream SM2504XT PCIe 5.0 SSD controller.
Framework Stocks 2TB M.2 2230 SSDs for Steam Deck Upgrades
Framework is stocking M.2 2230 SSDs so that users can upgrade their Steam Decks.
Puget Abandons Samsung 990 Pro SSDs Over Reliability Concerns
Reliability concerns surrounding the Samsung 980 Pro and 990 Pro have Puget rethinking its storage choices.
WD Launches Dual-Actuator 20TB HDDs With SATA SSD-Like Throughput
Western Digital's Ultrastar DC HD760 HDD roughly doubles performance while using less power than two separate drives.
Tape Storage Soars While HDD Sales Crash
Sales of LTO tape for archive storage increased in 2022, in contrast to decreases in HDD sales.
512GB SSDs and Performance Laptop HDDs Hit Price Parity
With the slowdown in demand for client computers and components, 512GB SSD pricing is now on par with a 256GB SSD six months ago.